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20 May 2020
The ongoing pandemic and the formal and informal responses to its spread have very direct impacts on the food and nutrition security of people in all parts of the world. Strong concerns have been voiced that the global health crisis could turn into a global food crisis. Not only are food chains…
22 April 2020
By Catherine Benson Wahlén, Thematic Expert for Human Development, Human Settlements and Sustainable Development (US)
The UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) has released its annual SDG progress report, finding that the region’s performance is “poor” on most…
19 March 2020
Por Érico Hiller
Populações tradicionais assistem ao esvaziamento e à contaminação de seus recursos hídricos por grandes aquíferos, projetos agroindustriais e aumento das temperaturas. Fotógrafo brasileiro viaja o mundo para documentar o problema da falta d’água.
Mal podia acreditar…
23 February 2020
As florestas naturais capturam muito mais CO2 do que as artificiais. Um novo estudo não apenas confirma isso, mas demonstra que as florestas naturais (e por isso mesmo bem mais ricas em biodiversidade) funcionam melhor do que as monoculturas e as plantações dominadas por uma única espécie.
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30 January 2020
I write this blog as our project team embarks on a fifth year of work on women’s land tenure security (WOLTS) with pastoral communities in mining-affected areas of Mongolia and Tanzania. Just before Christmas 2019, we were in Mundarara village in northern Tanzania. Exceptionally heavy rains made…
5 November 2019
Last week the World Cocoa Foundation, a membership organization of more than 100 cocoa companies, held its annual partnership meeting in Berlin, Germany. The aim of the meeting is for governments, cocoa companies and farmers to identify and tackle the sector’s largest sustainability challenges. A…
31 October 2019
Por Rafael Zavala
Quando falamos e estudamos sobre os Objetivos de Desenvolvimento Sustentável (ODS), percebemos a dicotomia do papel das mulheres em questões que tocam vários temas da Agenda 2030 das Nações Unidas. Enquanto elas são consideradas peças-chaves para o alcance de muitos dos ODS…
8 September 2019
Na Indonésia e Sudeste Asiático, produção de arroz sofre com a mudança no padrão de chuvas e entidades internacionais temem que uma das bases da alimentação mundial possa passar por problemas, com um impacto social e na violência. IPCC apela para que governos escutem povos tradicionais e indígenas…
27 August 2019
Banks must stand with Indigenous and local communities in respecting their land rights
In 2018, every week more than three people were murdered, defending their land and environment from destructive industries like mining, logging and agribusiness. These killings represent the extreme end of a…
7 March 2019
Date: 6 mars 2019
Source: Farmlandgrab, Médor
Par Cédric Vallet
En 2008, Socfin et son allié local, KCD, débarquent à Busra, au Cambodge. Ils obtiennent de l’État cambodgien un bail sur des terres forestières pour y planter des hévéas, les arbres à caoutchouc. Ces terres étaient pourtant occupées…
7 March 2019
Date: 6 mars 2019
Source: Farmlandgrab, Médor
Par Cédric Vallet
En 2008, Socfin et son allié local, KCD, débarquent à Busra, au Cambodge. Ils obtiennent de l’État cambodgien un bail sur des terres forestières pour y planter des hévéas, les arbres à caoutchouc. Ces terres étaient pourtant occupées…
12 October 2018
Heat waves, floods, hurricanes, starvation these are the ‘rewards’ Mother Earth has for years of neglect, overuse, misuse, and abuse. The earth’s natural resources support life. Trees, soil, natural gas, coal, fresh water, and oil- life wouldn’t exist without oxygen, without food, medicine, and…